Nice work everyone on your blogs! Mike is working on a little different instruction sheet so as new bloggers get signed up, there will be a picture of exactly what to type in and click on. Watch for that! Keep up the great work.
Horizons communities are well supported across the state by NDSU, the Northwest Area Foundation, Sitting Bull College, multiple state agencies and our Lt. Governor, Jack Dalrymple. We are all so proud of what you are doing!
Pictures include: Lt. Governor Jack Dalrymple, NWAF Interim President and CEO Kari Schlachtenhaufen, Sitting Bull College President Laurel Vermillion, and NDSU Vice President for Agriculture and University Extension D. C. Coston.
A total of 978 individuals participated in portions or all of the Study Circles conversations across North Dakota. One-hundred-one youth and 679 adult participants completed the post-survey which was used to assess knowledge gained and the likelihood of further action on poverty. The charts below provide an overview of knowledge gained and likelihood of further action by North Dakotans overall. Please click on these thumbnails to see a larger view.
Thanks for all for the great work on getting feedback from many more individuals in your community around a vision and plan for the future. Many communities are using the NDSU Group Decision Center for an online survey while others are using the paper/pencil method for feedback. All methods have both been quite successful and it has been wonderful to see the responses. Some communities are utilizing the Group Decision Center in a hands-0n activity in which the GDC comes to their town to get immediate feedback. Both Cooperstown and Lidgerwood have used the GDC in this way so far and many more communities have them on their schedule! Cooperstown and Lidgerwood both had very successful days and it was a pleasure to be there and see pictures of the action. Congratulations to all of you on the creative ways you are gathering input from so many in your communities. 
Sixty-seven individuals from all Horizons communities were trained across North Dakota to deliver the LeadershipPLENTY program. They in turn delivered this to 625 participants in the 21 Horizons communities! Many stories are coming from communities regarding individuals that went through LeadershipPLENTY and are now planning to run for local office, return to school for additional training and have increased confidence. Watch for more results soon.
